Dallas Mavericks (62-27 SU, 50-36-3 ATS, 30-15 SU Road, 50-38-1 O/U) will the play Los Angeles Lakers (61-28 SU, 42-46-1 ATS, 32-13 Home, 37-52 O/U). Mavs took game 1 in a nail bitter. Dirk and Kobe played big. Dallas used its depth and bench to score points. LA will come out strong tonight with a sense of urgency as they do not want to go to Dallas down 2-0. Both coaches are going to their benches. Rick Carlisle is loving the chess pieces as Dallas has a lot of different looks that they can give LA to cause match up problems. Dallas will grind it out and go with who is hot. Mavs always have that one legged fallaway from Dirk as a bail out.

Mavs are 10-0-1 ATS in their last 11 games. Road team is 11-4-1 ATS in their last 15 H2H match ups. Going with the Mavs as a 7 point road doggy. Mavs are in grind it out mode and when they are down they go to defensive intensity to get back into games. LA offense still has their drought spots. Loving the road doggy for game 2.